A discourse of foreign war:. with an account of all the taxations upon this kingdom, from the Conquest to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Also a list of the confederates from Henry I· to the end of the reign of the said Queen; shewing which have prov'd most beneficial to England. Formerly written by Sir Robert Cotton, Barronet, and now published by Sir John Cotton, Barronet.
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet of Connington MP (1571-1631)
Category
Books
Date
1690
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3198038
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 142 p., [1] leaf plates :. port. ;. 8vo. Imperfect: separate dated titlepages for "The French charity" and "A short view of the long reign of King Henry III" wanting. Provenance: seventeenth-century armorial bookplate on titlepage verso of William Dobyns of Lincolns-Inn Esqr. [i.e. father-in-law of Ashe Windham of Felbrigg (1673-1749)]. Late seventeenth/ early eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf, sewn onto two recessed bands, pressmark label at head of spine: "A". Boards detached. Book shoe.
Makers and roles
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet of Connington MP (1571-1631) John Evelyn (1620-1706) Sir John Cotton (1621-1704)